TTC for 10 months now

Question

still no luck. I got off birth control 10 months ago i was on them for like 3-4 years before getting off. any at home things i can do or how can i tell when i am ovulating? we really want to have a baby now that we are settled down. or is it time to see a doctor?

Answer 1

If you look online there are plenty of things you can try,(Robitussin, herbal teas, tracking your BBT, etc.) none of them worked for me.  The doctor will not be concerned until you reach the year mark, which is when most will begin the initial evaluation process to see if there's anything wrong with either you or your partner.  After a year of trying my husband and I went to my OBGYN and talked to her about it.  The first thing they did was test my thyroid for problems, then he had to turn in a sperm sample, then I took an HSG test which apparently opened things up because I found out 2 weeks later I was pregnant.  

Sometimes it just takes time, what I found helped me most through the process was reading the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility.  It really helps you to recognize the signs of when you are ovulating and shows you how to track things and plan accordingly on which nights would be best to have s*x.  Good luck to you!

Answer 2

This is going to be really long and graphic but I got pregnant in one month doing exactly this and I hope it works for you. First, I got a calendar (actually i used the one on my iGOOGLE). Then I wrote down EVERYTHING. I began by writing down the day and time i started my period in June and the exact day i got off my period at the beginning of July. Next, i counted 14 days from the FIRST day of you last period (my period started June 28 so I counted 14 days from that day and got July 12th). This is the day you are SUPPOSED to ovulate. There are certain symptoms involved with ovulating including: mild breakouts and/or cramping, cervical mucus (discharge) that resemble raw egg whites. Also, you can feel your cervix. A high, open, hard cervix means ovulation. You can also buy ovulation kits that will tell you when you are ovulating or most likely to ovulate. Although you have the day that you are "supposed" to ovulate, you should take a couple days before and a couple days after this day to assume fertility in case you are a day or two off with you ovulation. Next... we cant have babies without s*x right. During that week of fertility have s*x every other day to give your man's sperm time to replenish itself. I had s*x every other day throughout the month except for the week before my period to cover all my basis just in case. When you have s*x, make sure NO SALIVA touches you v****a in ANY WAY. Saliva kills sperm. Also, you have to make sure you have plenty of that cervical mucus that is like raw egg whites. A fish cannot swim out of water and this is the sperms "water" that it needs to swim up into the cervix. My problem was the fact that my vaginal canal always seemed to be extremely dry and it is very easy to make s*x more of a chore. I used my vibrator before s*x to make sure i had enough of that cervical mucus and so my v****a was not dry. sometimes i would use it twice before s*x. Make sure to have s*x in a gravity defying position like the missionary position or doggy style so gravity can pull the sperm down where your cervix is. lay on your back with a pillow under your bum and your legs in the air for a few minutes. do not jump up and "clean" the sperm out of you right away. At this point, i used my vibrator again because o****m causes your cervix to open and the contraction will pull sperm into the cervix. Do this every other day and then... just wait. I really hope this helps. It took me 8 months to get pregnant with my daughter and it was a shock to me once i started doing research and realized all the small things i was doing wrong. Now i am 5 weeks pregnant after one month of trying. Baby dust to you and good luck. Hang in there and be patient even though i know its hard.

Answer 3

I think it's too soon to be seeking professional help.  Lots of couples try for a year or even two or more years to become pregnant.  It's not uncommon to take a while to become pregnant the first time.

An average woman's cycle is 28 days.  Which means it is 28 days between the start of her periods.  Ovulation usually occurs at the midpoint of the cycle. A 28 day cycle would have ovulation around the 14th day after you first start your period.  Some women's cycles may be 30 days or more.  So, they would still ovulate midway between periods.  It may be the 15th or 16th day and so on.

If a woman has irregular periods--periods that aren't every 28 days or so. For example:  1 month it's 28 days, the next month is 35 days, then the next may be 40 days.   It makes it a little more difficult to pinpoint ovulation and become pregnant, because you don't know how the cycle will be for that particular month if it's never the same length each month consistently.

When ovulation occurs, one of the woman’s ovaries will release an egg, which will make its journey down the fallopian tube over a period of about 24 hours. Within this 24 hour time frame is the optimum window opportunity for conception, but there are other variables. For instance, an egg will survive in the fallopian tubes for up to 2 days, so if intercourse takes place up to 2 days following ovulation, conception can still occur. Also, if intercourse has occurred prior to ovulation, conception is still possible because sperm can loiter in the fallopian tubes for 2 to 3 days, meaning that once the egg is released, it could already have a sperm waiting for it.

Answer 4

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